Category: Art

  • Jennifer Beals Appreciation

    When visiting IMDb, you’re reminded that Jennifer Beals is turning 51. 51! The last time I saw her on TV was in her small role in Castle (which my mother loves), and I have to admit that I hadn’t follow through any of the actresses post-The L Word. And to be honest, I was much too preoccupied with Shane and her love life to care much for Bette.

    But alas~ TCM Latin America has been running Flashdance quite a bit, on top of the numerous references to the movie this year (eg. Cuban Fury, Happy New Year), so I clicked on Beals name wondering what she’s been up to, and was eventually directed to this video of the Flashdance screening celebrating 30 years of the movie. I was shocked, she looked freaking amazing. Like- I’m even jealous of how good she looks in there. She even looks better on that clip than this photo from the event~

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    Most people need expensive lights to be well-lit and make you look like a million bucks. Jennifer Beals looks like ten million bucks in that poorly-lit shot for the fansite. I also wasn’t aware that she and my bias Olivia Thirlby had made a movie together. Now I have to find it.

     

  • BackStreet Boys: Show’Em What You’re Made Of Trailer

    I may not be a BSB fangirl any longer, but they’ll always have a tiny place in my heart~

    I dunno why on earth they have a US/International cut of the trailer if both are exactly the same. The documentary opens in (I suppose) selected theaters in the USA and Canada on January 30th, as well as iTunes [US][Canada], and selected theaters in the UK and Europe on February 26th.

  • Top50 Songs of 2014

    I’m the crazy lady of Best Of lists~ so here’s another one.

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    Do your thing~

    But if you’re lazy, I’ve set up (almost) complete playlists on Xiami and YouTube.

  • Mahiro Maeda’s Nishi-Ogikubo Animation Short

    Honey, I Shrunk the Kids meets Metamorphosis meets Eega.

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    It’s pretty awesome. You can watch it on AnimatorExpo.com

  • Early 2014 Music Highlights~

    Last time it took me 2 years to get my 2012-2013 list out. LOL This year, I’m early. I’m pretty happy with my picks at the moment, so I hope nothing mind-blowing pops up in these last remaining weeks of 2014. In the meantime~ you know where to go.

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  • Let’s Talk About Sex with Ranveer

    For the International HIV/AIDS day, Ranveer Singh (ever the sexy) got together with MTV India and Durex to try to demystify sex in the country, where the topic is usually completely hush-hush or chup-chup. He’s straight-forward, candid, sexy, funny… and gets to awkward moments when he conjures the images of everyone’s parents creating us. Though, he does have a point.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SFTkE-Zzuo

    It’s been a while already – over six months, to be exact – my quiverations for Ranveer are still pretty consistent. Like, he seems completely changed, focus and serious funny in the latest Anupama Chopra interview he had where he even makes her laugh. Polka dotted suit and all. His last test will be sitting on a couch with Arjun Kapoor and NOT BE THIS EVER AGAIN.

    I do enjoy where his personality brand is going.

  • Faces: Juliette Binoche by Warwick Saint

    Even when she’s making faces, Juliette Binoche is perfect.

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  • No te vayas, Chavo~

    Y se nos fue, Chespirito. RIP, Chavito.

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  • Currently Obsessed with Last Night, Good Night~

    I never thought that I would actually, you know, really like a Hatsune Miku song. I had listened to a couple livetune tracks, but left them at bay until I saw Takashi Murakami’s Jellyfish Eyes where he used the song Last Night, Good Night to great effects during the ending credits. It was around 3-4am, so the effects of the song was perfect.

    Too bad the only version available on my iTunes is the one done with Pharrell to promote the movie somehow, and nothing prior to 2012 is on.

    On the topic of Miku, such a hybrid. I don’t know what to tag this post.

  • Madhuri Dixit @ Stree Shakti Puraskar 2014

    I stumbled across this performance that Madhuri Dixit did for the Stree Shakti Award, thinking it’s been the most refreshing performance I’ve seen her do lately — with the added bonus of the Gulaab Gang title song as the cherry on top — when I realize that the whole event is to honor women with exceptional achievements. Ohhhhh, so that’s why the performance was a bit out of the box. I love it.

    About a week or two ago, my friend and I got to watch Beta… and though it did change our (enjoyment) perspective of Dhak Dhak Karne Laga (Ouch!), it had my friend saying the following quote for the ages… “I love it when Madhuri holds a sword,” xD

    I think I will eventually have to watch Koyla then.